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1st Grade students were treated to an extra dose of literacy when volunteers visited their classrooms in November. Penelope Pilgrim and Mr. Focht shared stories, songs, and activities with students. The students are grateful for the time these volunteers took to enhance their literary experiences.

Maya Potter and Melia Stone were selected to perform with the Opus Honor Choir in Ames, Iowa on November 16, 2017. Both students enjoyed their experience. Maya appreciated meeting so many new, different people and Melia felt the opportunity reminded her to be herself, stay positive, and keep trying. Great job!

North Cedar's First Lego League team competed on Saturday, December 2nd. They did so well, they are advancing to the state competition in January. The Lego League contest consists of 4 components. Students earn points for each component.The Robot Run is where the team runs their robot through a pre-designed course.Robot Design is when the team shows off their robot and its capabilities one on one with the judge.Project Design is when the team creates a project and presents it to the jud [...]

Native American History Is American HistoryThe Fifth Grade Native American Projects Tradition Lives OnProject-Based LearningDriving Question: How Did Where a Native American Tribe Lives Determine or Influence Its:Shelter? Food? Clothing? Diet? ... ? When you walk down the East Wing hallway, be prepared to time travel through our Native American history. Step into a tepee made of buffalo skin and meet a Cheyenne family… Sleep with an Iroquoian tribe -- all 50 of them!-- in a [...]

Mrs. Spore’s fifth grade class has been working on a Service Project where we wrote Christmas (yes, I said Christmas!) cards and letters that will be sent to our local Iowa Army National Guard soldiers who are being deployed very soon to Kuwait. These cards and letters will be tucked into 150ish Holiday Appreciation Boxes filled with donated items from the community. North Cedar’s contribution (kindergarten through sixth grade helped) will be the cards and letters which, if you could see [...]

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